Active Support: Enabling and Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities - Couverture souple

Mansell, Jim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849051119 ISBN 13 : 9781849051118

Editeur : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

Active Support is a proven model of care that enables and empowers people with intellectual disabilities to participate fully in all aspects of their lives. This evidence-based approach is particularly effective for working with people with more severe disabilities, and is of growing interest to those responsible for providing support and services.

The authors provide a comprehensive overview of Active Support and how it can be used in practice, based on the theory and research underpinning the methods involved. They describe how to engage people with intellectual disabilities in meaningful activity as active participants, and look at the communication style needed to foster positive relationships between carers and the people they are supporting. Highlighting the main issues for those trying to put Active Support into practice, they explain what is needed on a day-to-day basis to support the implementation, improvement and maintenance of the approach, along with possible solutions for the difficulties they may encounter. Finally, they look at how to integrate Active Support with other person-centred approaches, drawing on examples from various organisations and individual case studies.

The definitive text on Active Support, this book will be essential reading for anyone professionally concerned with the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities, including psychologists, behaviour specialists, social workers, care managers, occupational therapists and inspectors and regulators of services, as well as families.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Julie Beadle-Brown is Reader in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at the Tizard Centre at the University of Kent, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She is a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of British Psychology Society.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849051119
• ISBN 13: 9781849051118
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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